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National Sock Day on December 4 recognizes the rarest of all lasting unities, the marriage of matched socks. When they manage to find each other, wash after wash, dry after to dry, it’s time to celebrate!

  • Days like National No Sock Day on May 8th and National Lost Sock Day (for shame!) on May 9th were rebels.
  • Like many words in the English Language, the modern word “sock” has evolved over time, having come from the Old English word “socc”, meaning ‘light slipper’. Socc comes from the Latin word “soccus” used to describe a ‘light, low-heeled shoe’. The word sock is likely also derived from the Ancient Greek “sykkos”, which referred to a thin shoe worn with sandals.
  • Experts believe that the first socks were worn by caveman, who wrapped animal skins around their feet and tied them at the ankle
  • The oldest known pair of socks is 1,600 years old and was excavated at the end of the 19th century from the burial grounds of ancient Oxyrhynchus, a Greek colony on the Nile in central Egypt. The socks are made from red wool and have split toes for wearing with sandals.
  • By about the 10th century, socks had transformed from purely functional footwear to a fashion symbol. This was primarily due to the fact that making comfortable, fashionable socks was a time-consuming process only affordable to the rich.
  • America’s leading sock manufacturer the Tupelo Sock Inc bit the dust after an ill-fated plan to sell socks in threes to give buyers an extra sock in case one got lost. Puzzled buyers just left them on the shelf causing one of the greatest sock business calamities of our modern age.
  • The Sock Capital of The World! Believe it or not, there is actually a sock capital of the world. The Datang district in eastern China is the top producer of socks in the world, producing roughly 40% of the world’s socks each year. This has caused it to become known as “Sock City”, as it is estimated that in one year they make enough socks to supply two pairs for every person in the world.
  • A family of 4 will lose up to 60 pairs of socks every year.
  • Missing socks are most likely to affect the male members of the household.
  • Black socks are most likely to go missing.
  • The act of putting on a fresh pair of socks is mentioned around 10,000 times a day on Twitter.
  • Socks and The Origin of Knitting Machines: By 1589, socks were a necessity but still took a great deal of time to make. However, an English clergyman named William Lee aimed to scale down the time to produce socks so that his wife, who made money knitting, would not have to work so hard. This led him to invent the first knitting machine that was able to knit eight times faster than hand knitting.
  • Albert Einstein Hated Socks: Albert Einstein was known for being eccentric. One such eccentricity was the fact that he despised socks and never wore them after giving them up at a young age. He claimed that not only did he not see the point of wearing both shoes and socks, but he said it annoyed him that his socks would form holes because of his big toes.
  • A 2011 survey found that 82% of young men wear odd socks at least once a week.
  • People who wear mismatched socks are more likely to be married.  It’s more common for married people to dress in the dark, in an attempt to avoid waking their spouses.

Sources:

National Day Calendar

Sock Scene

Faith Based Events

Sock Scene

Corgi Socks

Say it with a Sock

Sock Shop


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